Four [Three continued] Someone was watching something on someone else's computer when someone else stood behind the first someone and said, someone, don't turn around for a bit. I was none of them, but the story seems worth the telling. Maybe it's an example of the levels some people have already sunk to, and so nothing they do now seems offensive. Anyway, I digress. College was fun. The notebooks of those days were written down, and back spacing wasn't an option. Striking out is harder than I thought. Puns remind me of my poetry (recent): Red Light Brake. Stop. Engage emergency brake. Breathe. How long? 59? 42? 23? 7? Relax. Repeat procedure for sleep. Time not by a clock you must keep. Down To The Bone Sun warming the clouds from above Driving the cold down Cold has none other way to go Down to the bone I want to be a solar cell Photosynthesising Rooted eternally Basking in ...
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On 3rd November 2014, we attended a good old friend's wedding and celebrated the occassion with the pomp and splendour that has become the norm in New Delhi. Most people's progeny holds the so-called special place in their hearts. I don't have any, so that's something to be shelved with things-to-be-thought-about-when-they-happen shelf. Ate dragonfruit for the first time (so the 'been there, done that' adage is not applicable for some time to come - till the inevitable end) at the following day's reception do. A week earlier, a petty salary/retainership cheque had been signed, somewhere in some office, as compensation for my work. The panoramic night view afforded by the taller apartment buildings, encompassing the yellow dots of light along the expressway and the myriad concrete clusters still under construction, is one to behold - hence my effort to digitize all the sights worth sharing. If only I shared as much as I cared. I like still life phot...
I'm glad I have the ability to appreciate solitude. Twitter is more instant. Still, this is HIWTBINW. #6hourism
I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. W. Somerset Maugham Ralph Waldo Emerson - "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Re-reading from Chapter 18, Dante. Dante's Inferno (the game gave me quite a bit of information) The Magic Mountain Schweik Kafka - done Joseph K Faulkner Ulysses- tried; Latin got in the way. 30 Rock - seen some; it's good. Gustav Aschenbach - Death in Venice - Mann The ubiquitous Indian restaurant Saroyan Camus - lots to go. Bible, Freud - usual suspects King Lear Chapter 19 Loads of f Chapter 20 The chaplain's plight, brilliantly described, and I opine that Mr Heller was a very verbose writer, with an almost stream-of-consciousness style, and had a very expansive vocabulary.
ISBN 9780001000520 Rupa Pubs., ed. Leo Hamalian and Edmond L Volpe Copyright The Noonday Press 1959 The ones I found impressive were: Selma Lagerlof (The Outlaws) Henrik Pontoppidan (A Fisher Nest) [especially for its depiction of barbaric customs belonging to antiquity, in its opening pages] W B Yeats (The Crucifixion of the Outcast) Wladyslaw Reymont (Death) [the squabbling amongst relatives for the even meagre material possessions of those at final rest makes for grimacing reading] G B Shaw (The Miraculous Revenge) Grazia Deledda (The Sardinian Fox) Sinclair Lewis (What That Kind Of Mush Gets You) Johannes V Jensen (Lost Forests) Herman Hesse (Within And Without) Par Lagerkvist (The Lift That Went Down Into Hell) Haldor Laxness (Lily) [Nebuchadnezzar] Albert Camus (The Guest) Boris Pasternak (Ill Tratto de Apelle)
Existing To Deceive Domestic abuse ain't 'nything to be singing about But this ain't singing it's what's it's gonna be all about It's like the issues take the back of the stands Lost in the glare of the floodlights illuminatin' 'em brands When Cohle talks of "the sin of bein' a father" It shows you gotta look at life a li'l bit harder Checking out the decisions served up on a platter Pickin' 'n' choosin' what you eat, but boy, it don't matter In the end you don't get what you deserve What you get is what the Egyptians tried to preserve Embalming and tombing and wrapping dead people up But like I said, it don't matter, your play in the game is up.
Excerpts from the Devil's Dictionary “An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. "Because," he replied, "death is no better than life.” I add: It is longer. Excerpt From: Bierce, Ambrose. “The Devil's Dictionary.” iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
I refuse to believe in pi. Mathematics is an illusory cultural construct, perpetrated by the most imaginative people: mathematicians. :) PS: This post was written days ago, but this Sunday a similar conversation and similar response was generated in my mind in Gurgaon with friends. They know who they are. Tagging is such a pretence.
By Pink Floyd Excellent song. The lyrics pertain to (most probably) the group's experience itself. As such, it is funny and humorous, poking fun at the system of media barons and "chart" economics. I relate to it even more these days, when all I need is money. I am at peace, content, moksha-esque, even - but I do need money for subsistence. Which reminds me , how do I monetize my writings? Time to fire up the Vaio.
The character was created by the person who invented the polygraph lie detector test - William Moulton Marston. An alliterative name is an observation that comes to the front of my mind.
Not the TV series, but is the title of the series inspired by Winston Churchill's Zionism versus Bolshevism. A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People speech?
Ariadne is one who makes it back to'reality'. Whatever. Cobb continues to weave together teams to delve deeper into 'dreams'.
Come On In A loose-rhyme spur-of-the-moment, midnight-half-dream-inspired free verse. Background playlist: Any Colour You Like - pink Floyd For You Blue - Beatles Rabbit Run - Eminem Weight - Smith Ends are around the corner Every day life is ending If you didn't make it, you can't hear this, but if you can, come on in. Ones, singles, solos, misfits, couples, duos, pairs and bros, Tres, Quattro, more 'n more, Everybody get in on the act, If you can, that is, come on in. Points barely ever arrived at, Arguments arrive endlessly, Perspective is hard to have, When you're ground to the floor. Rise up if you can, come on in. Aradhye Ackshatt.
America - F Kafka 81-89474-13-8 Statue of Liberty: did it have a sword before the torch? "But morals change every time you come to a new port. " "...but that needs a lot if perseverance, doesn't it? I'm afraid I haven't got that. Men in single file, as was NEUTRAL..." (?)[ natural, methinks the translator means] Pediment. Caryatids. "Yes, in this room one realised where one was. ...began actually to take a SON of comfort in the thought that in case of need the stoker... Ambiguous questions, and this the most unsuitable moment to ask them!" [Thoughts and (such questions) come to the fore of their own volition, they cannot choose that moment. ] "Now then, Karl, quick, make the best if every minute you have, before the witnesses..." [He thought to himself, since the narrator is omniscient, even though K. remains the focus of his narrative/story. ] Extenuating. "...a term by no means too emphatic, although it might be exaggerated...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manish_Acharya I just rewatched Loins of Punjab Presents, and looked up Acharya. Surprised to see a death date, and an accident - equestrian. Pity.
डाँवाडोल is a (as is apparent) a Hindi word, that exactly describes my mind state for the past week. To Goa or not to Goa... But I guess noida is easier to continue to live in. In these monetarily-driven times, stability of shelter and sustenance is paramount. Only this time I think I know where my interest lies. More than that, it's closer than I thought and there's even an old house prefect of mine there! :)
Benaseeb कहते हैं कि हर शख़्स की ज़िंदगी का हर पहलू उसकी हथेली की रेखाओं में समाया होता है । जाने-माने "ज्ञानी" लोग भी यह मानते हैं । लेकिन अगर यह एक ब्रह्मांड का नियम है, तो क्या इसका विपरीत भी सच है? क्या मेरा भूत, वर्तमान और भविष्य काल बस एक random series of events है, with no purpose, no aim, no reason for my existence? If so, isn't that true for each living being? We humans try to deceive ourselves into believing that there is a point to life, ignoring the facts staring at us from the mirror - this body of flesh and blood is only that, and no amount of mysticism will stop it from expiring and decaying. That simple knowledge inspires me to live. To exist. To not let a single regret linger for a single moment in my brain, which is all I have throughout my existence in this universe. The brain is a product of the universe, and the constant companion of life as we know it on earth. Wrinkles on one's palms have no influence on life. कर्म ही जीवन है, और जीवन ही अकेला ...